Powers/Abilities: Tim Hunter apparently has the potential to be one
of the greatest mages in history, and he's learning to control his power
quickly.

History:
Tim Hunter appeared to be like any other young teenage lad growing up in
the East End of London. However the forces of magic in the world knew that
somewhere on Earth a boy existed who had the potential to be the greatest
mage, for good or ill, that the world had ever seen. Unable to identify exactly
which child this mage might be, the Cult of the Cold Flame began slaying
boys who fitted the bill. Luckily for Tim, it wasn't one of these groups
that found him. Instead he was approached by four men in trenchcoats who
had taken a personal interest in talking to Tim, just prior to his discovery
of his powers.

The four were John Constantine, British street mage; Dr.Richard Occult, magical
detective; Mr.E, supernatural vigilante and timewalker; and the Phantom Stranger,
the grey walker whose origins are shrouded in mystery. They had decided that
Tim needed to be protected and taught about his potential, shown the realms
of magic, so that he make an informed choice for his future. They hoped he
would choose the right path, and be a force for good, rather than unwittingly
slide down the path of evil.

The Stranger showed Tim the past, while Constantine showed Tim the modern
world's magical community. Then Dr.Occult (and his alter ego, Rose) led Tim
on a tour of the Faerie lands and other dimensions. Finally Mr.E took Tim
into the future, where he saw a timeline in which he led an army of evil
in a war to extinguish all that was good. At the end of time Mr.E concluded
that the risk of Tim turning evil was too great, and that he needed to die
- only to be interupted in his attack by the Endless, Destiny and
Death, who sent Tim home. Back in modern London,
Tim was given a choice: enter the magical world, or give up magic forever.
After some debating, Tim embraced his heritage.

Several
years have passed since then, and Tim is now in his late teens. It's been
a tumultuous time. He has discovered that the man who raised him was not
really his father, who was instead Tamlin the Falconer from the realm of
Faerie, and that his mother may, or may not have been, Queen Titania of that
same realm (she says she is, but she's been known to lie). When Tim was dying,
Tamlin exchanged his life for that of his son, dying in his sted. He went
on to face the demon Barbatos, who was allied with an older version of Tim
from the future. His human mother, Mary, died (it's still unconfirmed if
she was his real mother or not), and the Cult of the Cold Flame returned
to plague his life. Tim allied himself with the succubus Leah against the
demon Martyn, who had targetted Bill, Tim's foster father, in a bid to get
to Tim. An evil doppelganger of Tim came to kill him, and Tim only deflected
him from his goal by tricking him, sacrificing a time-lost version of himself
to do so.

Tim has finally accepted magic as part of his life, but still has to figure
out how he fits into the mystic world.